Comparison

书影 vs Readova

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

书影

Consolidate highlights and notes from various reading platforms into a personal library. Rediscover past reading with daily reviews, random browsing, and thematic organization.

Highlights
  • Import highlights from multiple reading apps
  • Daily review of new notes
  • Random browsing of old notes
  • Categorize books and notes
  • Thematic roaming for cross-book connections
  • Desktop widgets for content reminders
  • Local storage for privacy and independence
Features
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你在微信读书、掌阅、得到里划过的每一句话,现在都存在别人的服务器上。 书影把它们接回本地,然后让它们重新出现在你面前。 【把散落的划线接回来】 从微信读书、掌阅、得到、Reeden 等来源导入书籍、划线和想法,一次导入,全部落进本地书架。 【让读过的内容继续说话】 每日回顾把新导入的书摘推到你面前,你可以在卡片里补上今天的理解。随机漫游让三年前划的那句重新出现。主题漫游帮你发现跨书之间的关联。 【整理成你自己的书库】 按分类管理书籍,一眼看到不同主题下的积累。阅读统计告诉你自己的偏好和节奏。 【随时看见,随时带走】 桌面小组件把一条值得重读的内容放在主屏上。任何一条书摘都可以导出成图片卡片,发到你想发的地方。 【你的数据在你手里】 书籍、笔记和设置保存在本地,不依赖任何平台的账号体系。 适合你: · 已经积累了大量划线,却很少再翻看 · 想把不同阅读平台的笔记汇总到一起 · 担心哪天平台改版或账号出问题,笔记就找不回来 · 希望在回顾时补充自己的评论和理解 书影不增加你的阅读量,它让已经读过的内容继续参与你的思考。 说明:书影不是微信读书、掌阅、得到、Reeden 的官方应用,也不隶属于上述平台或其关联公司。所有第三方平台名称仅用于说明可导入来源。

About

Readova

A focused eBook reader designed for a calm and simple reading experience. Import your own EPUB, TXT, and FB2 files, customize your reading environment, and utilize text-to-speech functionality. Track your progress and manage your library with cloud sync options.

Highlights
  • Supports EPUB, TXT, FB2 formats
  • Customizable fonts, themes, and spacing
  • Text-to-speech with adjustable speed
  • Hands-free auto-reading modes
  • Highlighting and note-taking
  • Reading statistics and progress tracking
  • iCloud and WebDAV cloud sync
Features
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Readova is a quiet, focused iOS eBook reader. Our goal is simple: make reading feel peaceful again. No forced sign-in. No built-in bookstore. No ads. Open your library and start reading. A Quiet, Fluid Experience Enjoy smooth scrolling, natural page turns, and carefully rendered text, images, and layouts. Open Your Books Supports EPUB, PDF,MOBI, AZW, AZW3, TXT, FB2, and other popular formats. Import local files directly without complicated conversions. Read Your Way Choose continuous scrolling or page-turning mode. Customize fonts, text size, spacing, and themes. Import your own fonts and look up selected words with the system dictionary. Listening Is Reading Too Listen while commuting, doing chores, or resting your eyes. Use system voices right away, or enjoy clear, natural narration with the high-quality offline voice engine. Follow along with sentence highlighting, adjust rate and pitch, set a sleep timer, and control playback from the Lock Screen or Control Center. You can also connect your own cloud voice service for more voice options. System voices and the offline engine can process text on your device. Hands-Free Reading Auto Scroll moves the page at your preferred pace. Timed Page Turns advance pages automatically. Sentence Mode reads one sentence at a time and continues onto the next page. Annotations and Notes Use highlights, underlines, wavy underlines, or strikethroughs in multiple colors. Add private notes to selected text. Reading Statistics Explore daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly statistics, including reading time, words read, streaks, trends, and focused hours. Organize Your Library Create categories, reorder books, pin favorites, and sort by title or date. Switch between English and Chinese on layouts optimized for different iPhone sizes. Continue Across Devices Use iCloud or WebDAV to sync your library, book files, progress, annotations, notes, and categories. Sync is optional and enabled only by you. Readova does not provide a public library or upload books to Readova servers. Upgrade to Pro Choose a Pro subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. High-Quality Offline Voices Generate speech on your device for natural narration without a constant internet connection. Cloud Sync Sync your library, files, progress, notes, and categories through iCloud or WebDAV. WebDAV Import Connect your own WebDAV service and import eBooks directly. 49-Encoding Detection Recognize Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and many other text encodings. Unlimited Library, Categories, and Notes Organize your collection and capture thoughts without limits. Custom Fonts and Sorting Import fonts and arrange categories by name, date, or drag and drop. Reading Insights View weekly, monthly, and yearly reading trends. The free version includes core reading, system text-to-speech, Auto Reading, basic encoding support, daily statistics, and annotations. Your Reading Stays Private Readova does not include a bookstore, distribute eBooks, or analyze your book content. Books and reading data stay on your device by default. If you enable iCloud or WebDAV, relevant data is synced to your own account or configured service. If you connect a cloud voice service, narrated text is sent to that service. System text-to-speech, Auto Reading, and the offline voice engine can run locally on your device. Made by an independent developer who loves reading. No ads. No third-party tracking. No unnecessary distractions. Just reading. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

书影4 screens
Readova4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Readova at 5.0 against 书影's 4.0. 书影's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 书影 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Readova sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Readova holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of 书影's written reviews are positive against 67% of Readova's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

书影 ships an update every 4 days, Readova every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
书影 versus Readova: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter书影Readova
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS1716.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer展波 陈俊 汪

Customer experience

书影

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative28.6%

Readova

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

书影

One-time1
  • 终身买断$9.99
3 purchases

Readova

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Readova Pro · Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is 书影 free?
书影 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Readova free?
Readova is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 书影 or Readova?
Readova is rated higher. 书影 averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Readova averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do 书影 or Readova have ads?
Neither 书影 nor Readova shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 书影 or Readova?
书影 ships an update every 4 days, and Readova every 9 days. Most recently, 书影 was updated on October 25, 2026 and Readova on October 25, 2026.

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